In a healthy democracy, all sides generally recognize the legitimacy of the system itself, regardless of internal squabbles. In the United States, this is no longer the case.

The new podcast is about a conspiracy that took place in Ohio and several other Midwestern states during the Civil War.

As anger about the presence of ICE in Minneapolis divided the nation, Americans turned to the American Civil War for metaphors.

Older generations were drawn toward movements from early U.S. history, with 48% of the Silent Generation and 28% of Baby Boomers indicating American independence from British rule was one of the top ...

A rare American flag that draped President Abraham Lincoln's casket during his 1865 funeral procession has found a new home ...

During his short life, Lecomte was famed for his speed–he set records for both one-mile and four-mile heats, and for his class–he handed the mighty Lexington the only defeat of his stellar career. Yet ...

The ACLU went on to say that the judge based his decision on "the government’s failure to authenticate a memorandum purportedly from Marco Rubio." ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning, his family said in a statement. He was 84 years old. “Our father was a ...

A protege of Martin Luther King Jr, Jackson built a career around working to politically organise and improve the lives of African-Americans, and became a national force during his two White House ...

Out of this moment of fear and uncertainty comes the chance to imagine a democracy that has never fully existed.

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has spent the last 60 years of his ...